August 2015- Amidst all of the cybersecurity solutions present at this year’s Black Hat conference in Las Vegas it is sometimes difficult to identify truly innovative solutions which represent a significant shift in security thinking. One such company is PFP Cybersecurity (PFPC). PFPC has developed a novel solution to both detecting infrastructure breaches as well…
August 2015 – enSilo is an information security company that focuses solely on exfiltration prevention. They operate under the assumption that your system already is or will be infiltrated and they prevent the attacker from being able to steal any information once they’re inside. Some enterprises get thousands or even tens of thousands of notifications…
May 2015 – At the connections conference, Intel was discussion their IoT software tools and how to make the software stack for their hardware more usable to the connected home application space. Their products can utilize a number of operating system options – open source linux, Android, windows, and other private RTOS. The windows development…
May 2015 – At the Conections 2015 event in the San Francisco Bay Area in May, we had a chance to meet with Rovi to talk about their direction and progress on enhanced personalization control for the connected home and access to entertainment content. The shift is coming that the interfaces for devices is no…
September 2013 – At IDF 2013 in San Francisco, Pericom was showing their new high performance redriver chips that are enabling both the large format CE devices/Network devices and the active cable/expander marketplace. One of the themes at IDF this year were higher bandwidths for connectivity. The increase in images, video and other long run…
June 2013 – At the 50th DAC in Austin, TX, a number of IEEE recognition and achievement awards was presented. One of the awards was the Industrial Pioneer Award given by the CASS society. The IEEE Circuit and Systems Society (CASS) Industrial Pioneer Award honors the individual with exceptional and pioneering contributions in translating academic…
January 2013 – At the NAMM 2013 show the team at You Rock Guitar were showing their Gen2 MIDI guitar. The company has moved away from gaming controllers, and is now focusing and design and sensor technology on the mainstream music marketplace. The focus of the new Gen 2 products is to create a “Midi…
October 24, 2012, Renesas Devcon, Anaheim, CA—We talked with Nelson Quintana from the building automation group about smart homes. The drivers for this area are energy management, connectivity, changes in user interfaces, and networks of sensors. One area that people are starting to look at for smart home is safety and security. Safety must accommodate…
October 24, 2012, Renesas DevCon, Anaheim, CA—We talked with Cathy Dotson, Dale Maunu, Dean Collins, and Yuji Kondo from NLT Displays about their various display products. The displays are from the former NEC LCD Technologies company and geared for industrial use. The context for the display group is that they are not in the consumer-grade…